Microsoft Gaming’s Kayleen Walters has been promoted to head of the company’s Stockholm-based “Minecraft” maker, Mojang Studios, as current chief Åsa Bredin exits the Swedish video game developer. Per ...

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A team of former Mojang and Toca Boca developers have raised €1.5m to found new Stockholm-based studio Roro. The developer’s first project is described as a “3D digital dollhouse” aimed at fostering ...

Stockholm's startup scene is generating new excitement. After all, some of the most popular games in the world have generated enough revenue for Stockholm-based startups to make their initial public ...

STOCKHOLM/SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) has agreed to acquire the Stockholm-based developer of the wildly popular Minecraft video game for $2.5 billion (1.54 billion pounds), as it tries ...

Coders work in the Mojang company office in Stockholm January 18, 2013. A pool table, a pinball machine, board games and Lego dot the offices of Mojang, the small Swedish company behind the wildly ...

Above: The all-important games room. The company has been generous with its success. “The first year, Markus gave away his entire dividend to the employees, about 25 million kroner [$3.84 million]. At ...

STOCKHOLM, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said on Monday it has agreed to acquire Stockholm-based games developer Mojang and the company's wildly popular Minecraft video game franchise for $2.5 ...